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Lucknow: A young man in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, killed his father after he tried to stop him from drinking. The police said he hit his father on the head with a brick, and finding him dead, tried to disguise it as suicide. Jitendra Srivastava, a senior officer of Uttar Pradesh police, said after a dispute,…
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The second India vs Bangladesh Test presents a great chance for the Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team to take a step closer to the World Test Championship finals. The all-round show of Ravichandran Ashwin, Shubman Gill‘s sublime hundred, Ravindra Jadeja‘s quality batting and Rishabh Pant‘s roaring comeback allowed India to script a comfortable victory…
File picture of semiconductor equipment on display | Photo Credit: Reuters Tata Electronics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons Pvt. Ltd, said it had completed the Definitive Agreement with Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC) of Taiwan towards establishing semiconductor manufacturing facilities (aka fabs) in India. As per the agreement, PSMC will provide design and construction support…
Israel flatly rejected on Thursday (September 26, 2024) a push led by key backer the United States for a 21-day ceasefire in Lebanon, as it vowed to keep fighting Hezbollah militants “until victory”. Israeli aerial bombardment of Hezbollah strongholds around Lebanon has killed hundreds of people this week, while the militant group has hit back…
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The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, who produced the first ever image of our Milky Way black hole released in 2022, has captured a new view of the massive object at the centre of our Galaxy: how it looks in polarised light. This is the first time astronomers have been able to measure polarisation, a…
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Many large mammals have lost genetic diversity, often thanks to the actions of people shrinking their populations. The implications can be severe because without genetic diversity, a population does not have a “genetic database” to fall back on to adapt to environmental change. The Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) is no stranger to this reduction in diversity. Human…
Pope Francis, center, is received by Luxembourg’s Grand Duke Henri, right, as he arrives at the Grand Ducal Palace in Luxenbourg to start his four-day visit to Luxembourg and Belgium, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Pope Francis arrived in Luxembourg on Thursday (September 26, 2024) for a brief visit to one of…
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A new study lifts the veil on what happens when octopuses and fish hunt together. As it turns out, this cross-species relationship is more complex than anyone expected. | Photo Credit: The Hindu A new study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution lifts the veil on what happens when octopuses and fish hunt together. As it turns out, this…
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Scientists found that some rare magma types are surprisingly efficient at concentrating rare earth elements. | Photo Credit: Shutterstock Extinct volcanoes are hard to study – we never see them erupt. Using a unique experimental technique, we were able to recreate a certain type of extinct volcano in a lab, learning more about the magma…
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French President Emmanuel Macron at the United Nations on September 25, 2024 | Photo Credit: via Reuters French President Emmanuel Macron has supported India’s bid for permanent membership in a reformed United Nations Security Council, while advocating the expansion of the powerful U.N. body. “We have a Security Council that is blocked… Let’s make the…
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